Monday, 8 July 2013

ITS TIME FOR BETTER WORKERS RIGHTS

As someone who started working when Thatcher was Prime
Minister the EU was looked upon as the saviour of public sector workers as TUPE
provided a degree of protection against Thatcherism, however conversely Europe
took a rightward shift.

As austerity has kicked in an assault on workers’ rights has
taken place, most notably by an ideological right wing government at
Westminster who have removed health and safety protection and cut the statutory
redundancy notice period to 45 days.

As casualisation increases the EU need to protect working
people in Europe.

We need to create a set of core standards that apply to all
workers.We also need to address the EU
Posted Workers Directive to ensure that migrant workers are paid the same rates
of pay, thus closing a loophole in which companies choose migrant workers to
drive down wages.